Glove



Aug. 26Q1941. c. JONES ET AL GLOVE Filed Oct. 4, 1959 1 I Inve'ntors (72221 Janes' A iiorneys Patented Aug. 26, 1941 UNITED STATES [PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to gloves and more particularly to a finger stall of a glove which receives the'index finger when the glove is worn,

and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character whereby the index finger may be easily and quickly moved out of the index stall or within the latter without the removal of the glove from the hand and which permits the free use of the index finger for operating a trigger of a gun or for picking up articles and other purposes without ,interference from the glove.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of con struction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating a glove constructed in accordance with our invention.

Figure 2 is an edge elevation illustrating the glove with the index finger extending from the index finger stall in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevation partly broken away showing the slot in the index finger stall and the means of closing said slot.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a glove including the usual body portion 6, wrist portion 1, thumb 'stall 8, index finger stall 9 and the other finger stalls of the glove are indicated by the character ID. The glove construction so far described is conventional and to render the glove in accordance with the present invention an elongated slot II is formed in a wall of the index finger stall 9 and extends substantially the full length of said index finger stall. Secured to the index finger stall about the slot is a contractable closure element l2 which may be in the form of an endless coil spring or, if desired, an elastic or rubber element may be employed. To retain the closure element I! in .position about the slot I I hems H are formed by bending .the material of the index finger stall upon itself with the closure element l2 confined therein. The material after being bent upon itself is stitched or otherwise secured, as shown at l5, thereby completely confining the closure element ii in position on the index finger stall so as to completely surround the slot I l.

A bracing element It is applied to the index finger stalland is held in place by a suitable covering I'I stitched to the index finger stall, as shown at It. The reinforcing element extends from one end of the slot ll over the free end of the index finger stall down the latter in parallelism with the slot ll upon an opposite wall from the slot and passes therefrom over a portion of the body of the glove lying between the thumb stall 8 and the index finger stall and terminates at the other end of the slot. The bracing element I6 more or less retains the index finger stall in a rigid straight position and with the slot ll facing the palm of the glove the wearer of the glove may readily move the index finger out of the index stall by way of the slot, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, to permit the finger to be free for the actuation of a gun trigger or for picking up articles and other purposes. The index finger when extended from the index finger stall 9 may readily coact with the thumb within the thumb stall 8 in picking up articles and the index finger maybe withdrawn from the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 and brought into the index finger stall by way of the slot and as soon as the finger moves entirely within the index finger stall the slot automatically closes so as to retain the warmth within the index sired, and yieldable means secured to the finger stall about the slot for bringing about the closing thereof when the finger is confined within the finger stall, a stiffening element seIured on the finger stall and extending from one end of the slot over the free end of the finger stall and along a wall of the finger stall opposite the wall having the slot and terminating adjacent the other end of said slot.

2. In a device of the character described, a I glove construction including a finger stall having a slot extending substantially the full'length thereof to permit a finger within the stall to move outwardly thereof and inwardly when desired, yieldable means secured to the finger stall having a slot in one wall thereof and extending substantially the full length of the finger stall. a hem formed on the finger stall about the slot. an endless spring element confined in the hem for automatically closing the slot, and a stifi'ening member secured on the finger stall opposite to said slot to prevent bending of the finger stall during movement or a finger inwardly and outwardly of the stall by way of said slot.

CLINT JONES.

CHARLES HERMAN. 

